Arnold Perl
Arnold Perl (April 14, 1914 – December 11, 1971) was an American playwright, screenwriter, television producer and television writer.
Arnold Perl | |
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Born | April 14, 1914 |
Died | December 11, 1971 57) New York City, New York, U.S.[1] | (aged
Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter, television producer, television writer |
Years active | 1949–1971 |
Perl briefly attended Cornell University, but did not graduate. He had written for the television series The Big Story, Naked City, The Doctors and the Nurses, East Side/West Side and N.Y.P.D., which he created with David Susskind.
Perl also co-wrote the screenplay for Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), actor Ossie Davis' film directing debut. Perl also wrote the play Tevye and his Daughters.[2][3]
During the 1950s Perl married Nancy Ann Reals (1933-2018) after the pair met while working on a stage production of Perl’s Sholem Aleicheim. The Perls spent their time between East Hampton and Manhattan.[4]
At the time of Mr. Perl's death in 1971, he had been collaborating with James Baldwin on the documentary film Malcolm X (1972). Nancy took over the project as a producer, working with editor Mick Benderoth, and was nominated posthumously for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his work on the film in 1973.[5] Perl's script for the film was later re-written by Spike Lee for his 1992 film on Malcolm X.[6]
Years later, in 1990, Nancy Ann Reals Perl and Mr. Benderoth wed after forming a production company.
References
- "ARNOLD PERL, 58, PRODUCER, DEAD". The New York Times. 12 December 1971. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Arnold Perl > Playwright > Dramatist". Doollee.com. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- "Tradition > Book Excerpt". St. Martin's Press. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- "Irving Penn - Photographs New York Tuesday, April 4, 2023".
- "Session Timeout - Academy Awards® Database - AMPAS". Awardsdatabase.oscars.org. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- Bernard Weinraub, A Movie Producer Remembers The Human Side of Malcolm X, The New York Times, November 23, 1992. Retrieved June 18, 2008.